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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

montagneux

, L.

montaniosus

Full of, or containing, mountains;

as, the

mountainous

country of the Swiss

Inhabiting mountains.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk;

as, a

mountainous

heap

Prior.

Adj.

Full of mountains; as the mountainous country of the Swiss.

Large as a mountain; huge; as a mountainous heap.

Inhabiting mountains. [Not used.]